Oasis is a Double ESB/IPAish beer that came about from playing around with one of Jeff’s favorite homebrew recipes. Here at Tallgrass we love malt and we love hops, and this beer has both of them in record quantities; well, at least records for our baby brewery.

At a hefty 7.2% ABV and 93 IBU, Oasis is a big beer that has to be priced a bit higher than our regular line of beers. We think that once you taste the over-the-top hops and surprisingly sturdy malt backbone you will realize why it’s worth it.

Definitely not a fruit-extract seasonal shandy, this beer is meant to be enjoyed on the back porch, the front porch, or even on the stoop. What's a stoop? Well, it's a good place to drink beer, is what it is.

Double ESB? Some traditionalists would poo-poo that idea, but we’ll boo right back at them! Tallboy, good choice. Epic lacing on top of a hazy, dark amber color. Grainy, toasty, vegetal, grassy, spicy, fruity, earthy and herbal aroma. Crisp thick body. Malt, alcohol and hops are titans in their own way here. Toasted malt of dried grass and biscuits; hops become resin- like with tobacco and citric flavors, and the alcohol drops some ripe fruit and warmth on the palate. All around amped-up flavors, but balanced and nuanced. Bittersweet finish. Call it what you want ... this is a damn good beer.

A - Pours mostly clear amber with a small amount of suspended material. Huge tan head with nice retention leaves a wall of lacing.

S - Some nice citrus hops and a decent malt presence.

T - Decent hop bite up front, mostly bitter grapefruit. Malt quickly follows the hops, but never overwhelms. There is a nice bitterness throughout the taste. Also has a distinct tea taste in the middle. Finishes clean and bitter.

M - Medium mouthfeel, slightly oily.

O - I picked this up about six weeks ago. Not sure how old it is but there is still a good hop presence, despite the big malt profile. Overall a good IPA, but doesn't really stand out.

The aroma is a bit strange - fruity resiny hops and some weird off note.

The flavor is a bit strange as well. There's some woody caramel notes with a decent amount of hop bitterness - fruity, resiny, a little minty and almost sour. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with smooth carbonation.

Overall, it's a bit strange to me. Maybe it's the mix of ESB with big American hops. The blend of caramel, wood, fruits and some almost sour notes just didn't work for me.

The beer pours a hazy red-amber color with an off-white head. The aroma is grassy hops with some toffee and a little bit of chocolate. The flavor is just as good. In addition to a lot of toffee, I get some grassy hops and a dry powdered chocolate flavor. The beer has low bitterness and is very well balanced. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation. One of the better ESBs that I have tried.

Taste: Very malty caramel backbone accented by toasted malts and a very light tea-like characteristic. Strong citrusy American hops combat the malts, with a piney, spicy and bitter finish. Overall, malty but very bitter.

A-Served in a pint glass, this brew is clear and color is light brown with brilliant red highlights. A tight finger of tan head tht leaves a thick lacing on the glass.S-Really nice aromas of citrus (zesty orange with hints of pine and earthy grass. Nice clean toasted, slightly sweet barley malt.T-Hops dominate with more of the bittering variety then aromatic which is dissapointing for my taste buds. The malt is quite significant but those bitter hops overshadow and overwhelm the palate.M-Resiny hops are quite sticky and overwhelming everything else, otherwise medium bodied with medium/high carbonation.O-Very nice appearance and I really like the aroma but the bitterness are just too much for this guy.

thanks to mizzouguy for this beauty! recieved in the noob bif round 6.

16oz can at about fridge temp poured into a snifter. 11 349 stamped on the bottom, not sure what this means.

pours out a really nice deep reddish amber, some orange in the light. huge 3 fingers of a very light tan colored head, creamy, rocky. it slowly receded leaving tons of sticky, webby lace. very nice retention as well. i could almost go a 5 on that almost head thats left behind.

some nice citric hop oils, resinous balanced by a big sticky bready malt, maybe some caramel. a bit leafy and grassy and a bit of aspirin. a touch of alcohol heat noticable as it warms.

great balance here, almost more malt forward, but the hop oils and bitterness are definatly felt in the finish. a kind of dry grapefruit citrus gets overtaken by a big sticky, bready malt, slightly caramel. just a bit fruity at times. resiny in the finish.

lots of semi sharp bitterness, medium to full in body. perhaps just a touch over carbonated, more in the begining.

this is a totally solid beer, a nice east coast IPA. they call it a double ESB?, not totally getting that, not really picking up on any english ingridients, american all the way.

Nice to see a DIPA that's not 10 or 11 percent. Pours from the 16 ounce can with a slightly hazed copper amber hue with a full on thicket of off white head, leaves behind bands of even lacing. Aroma has citrus and pine cone notes going with a bit of herbal grassiness as well. Big malt layer conincides with the upfront hops, no booze action thanks to the moderate abv. Flavor wise it hits with aggressive hoppiness yet maintains a sweet sugar coated malt layer, in the finish a soothing linger bitterness sticks around and really makes it's mark on my palate. Mouthfeel is a bit resinous with hop oils pretty brash with hop bitterness, medium bodied carbonation is smooth. Hops really stick around in this beer despite the sweet malt base. Overall impression is positive, I enjoy something this different although I can't promise this will become a mainstay in my large array of options for IPA/DIPAs. Promising for what cans have to offer I say to all of the brewers out there thinking about it, just do it.

From a 16 oz. can. "Bold Beer" written along the top. On the side, "Aggressively Hopped." "Mightily Malted." below and finally, "Pour a Pint."

This is a surprisingly dark brew, nearly a light brown with a burnt orange tint all through it. Either it's the thickness and depth of it, or there's a bit of a haze. Looking carefully, I'm inclined to say both. The orange-tinted head is big, fat and frothy, almost massive in thickness and height. It forms a supremely dense crown of pillowy cream that never gives itself up. This head is a beast, and one of the most beautiful I've ever seen. Lacing is no less impressive: thick, clumpy and plentiously delivered all the way down the glass. Absolutely beautiful in every way.There's a good mix of hops and malts on the nose. A bit of spiciness and a light toffee-like sweetness mingle with a very floral hops aroma. It's not weak, but when I taste this, I'm surprised the aroma wasn't stronger.The flavor, though, is powerful stuff, as a bouquet of hops explodes on the tongue. It's mostly floral with complements of herbal, citrus zest, and lightly spicy flavors. These are further complemented by a strong malts addition that adds a chewy biscuit quality and flavor that lets the hops shine without lacking balance. A light grassy flavor sits under it all. There's a long lingering, very particular bitterness that makes me think this is more along the lines of an English style, though it's certainly a double. Is this a merger of sorts? It certainly works excellently.The mouthfeel is likewise delightful. A medium body lacks no depth, and the smooth creaminess over just a mildly chalky dryness (again, English?) is just another great surprise this beer offers. Lots of floral bitterness lingers for quite a while after each swallow.I am so glad this showed up in my market. Sign me up for more from these guys.

Edit: I decided to look through reviews after I posted mine. I try not to look at any notes before reviewing and so missed the classification as a "Double ESB." To be honest, I hardly think it could have been done better and this explains completely all the ESB characteristics of this beer, yet it could be a standout DIPA as well. This is really brilliantly crafted beer, and I think any poor grades have to be bad cans/samples or from real sticklers for style. Maybe this beer is reason to create a new style, but of course that doesn't make sense unless plenty more attempt such a thing. Regardless, this is just fantastic stuff.